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🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨 The heaviest cockroach in the world, Australia’s giant burrowing cockroach has a lot of character: it gives birth to live young, hisses and builds intricate nests. Preferring the dry, sandy scrubland of Far North Queensland, the giant burrowing cockroach digs deep into the soil. At the end of these burrows, the cockroach sets up a type of nursery where they’ll look after their young for up to six months until they’re ready to leave the burrow. Unlike other insects that mostly lay eggs, these cockroaches give birth to live young, meaning they need extra protection.